>Throughout his extraordinary life, which spanned two world wars and his 10 years as French president, he had enjoyed robust good health. The end, though, came quickly, and he died suddenly from a burst blood vessel just weeks short of his 80th birthday.
>To mark the 50th anniversary of his death, TG4 is broadcasting a documentary based on the six weeks de Gaulle spent in Ireland in the year before his death.
>De Gaulle in รirinn (De Gaulle in Ireland) covers the time from May 10th to June 19th, 1969, when one of the most famous figures of the 20th century, who in his own mind and those of many of his contemporaries was the very embodiment of France, could be found driving down the backroads of Kerry or Galway in search of solitude.
>In 1969 Ireland was nobodyโs idea of a destination for the rich or famous. An Irish Times editorial expressed it best: โThe presence of General de Gaulle in Sneem, Co Kerry, is almost as bizarre, in its first impact, as would be the announcement that Chairman Mao had arrived in Bangor, Co Down, to enjoy the amenities of Pickie Pool.โ
>It was Irelandโs very inaccessibility at the time that made it attractive to de Gaulle; that and his familyโs long interest in Ireland. His maternal grandmother Marie-Angรฉlique McCartan was descended from the McCartans of Co Down.
>While in Kerry, de Gaulle insisted on visiting Derrynane House, the home of Daniel OโConnell, as his aide-de-camp Franรงois Flohic recalled in the documentary.
>โOn the beach at Derrynane, he asked me: โIs it not true that you can visit the house of OโConnell in Derrynane?โโ Mr Flohic says in the documentary. โGeneral, how do you know the history of Ireland?โ he had asked de Gaulle. โโOh,โ he said with a little laugh, a little chuckle, โmy grandmother wrote a book about OโConnell.โโ
>The Cashel House Hotel in Connemara was only given a weekโs notice that he was coming. They did not have a bed big enough for the 6โ 6โ general and knew that if they went to buy one they would confirm the related rumours circulating in the local community.
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Just wondered if anyone has used the pre booked tickets or just bought on the day? Trying to figure out the quickest and easiest way to get to and from without being too confused or annoying.
One of my favourite runs so far, inspired by Charles De Gaulle.
Charles De Gaulle was an interesting figure in his political stances, he was a committed democrat, but believed in a strong presidency with extensive powers.
He believed in maintaining capitalism in the economy, but pursued a policy of dirigisme where national champions were created and extensive nationalisation/economic planning was conducted in order to have capitalism further the national interest.
He was pro-west, but was distrustful of foreign entities having any sort of sovereignty over France, pulling the country out of the NATO military command structure and pursuing what is known as the 'politics of grandeur', a broad policy of military buildup, nuclear armament, neutrality on key issues, and pragmatic, largely peaceful foreign policy designed to preserve France's overseas influence where military intervention was unviable. This contributed both to France being the fourth nuclear power, and to France pulling out of Algeria despite their imperial pride.
He was anti-socialist and conservative, but pursued policies that favoured workers interests, such as giving a small percentage of corporate profit to workers, as well as general pro-modernisation/progressive for the time policies in a large amount of areas.
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Inspired by all this, my Anton Rayne pursued democratic reforms, but kept a powerful presidency. At no point did he commit a single corrupt action. Clavin refused to cooperate with the reforms, but the reforms were passed with 167 votes and the support of Gloria Tory and the conservatives. Bergia Steel was fully nationalised, but HOS was left untouched. Healthcare, education and the military were fully funded. Foreign policy was peaceful, and Rumburg was pushed from both OMEC and the AN, as a result, Sordland was spared the horrors of war. The economy entered the Great Sordish Recovery period, not a single minister resigned. The United Sordland Party was truly a big-tent party, appealing partly to many demographics. Anton Rayne entered the next election promising to focus on the military, and in the debate promised to develop a nuclear program in Sordland. Sordland was a slave to no nations.
There was an alliance and trade deal with agnolia and no recognition of their island, we refused to cooperate with operation bear trap in any way due to the damage it would cause Sordland's image in the long term, and a trade deal was reached with Lespia but no alliance.
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Connection: they were both allied leaders in ww2 and they despised each other.
